Re: Re: [RCSE] Dremel tool

[strotherbj]

Pat,

On tha Nose....

Thank you

J

 

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> Rob,
>
> I doubt very many of us modelers need the extra heavy duty product like the
> Foredom stuff for our modeling projects. I think what Jack was basically trying
> to say is that for our needs Dremel is hard to beat. I have two Corded models
> and one Cordless Dremel and do not know how I ever managed to build a plane
> before I got my first one. Thanks to Barry mentioning the Max Repair Cost Chart
> that Dremel has, I just sent my Cordless Model in today for Repair or
> Replacement for $28.00 dollars. For those heavier duty jobs that I do once in a
> blue moon, I do have Black and Decker Die Grinder that works just fine for those
> kinds of projects. If I was doing the kind of work you do on a daily basis, I
> would be right there with you looking to get the Foredom stuff. Just a little
> too expensive for my light duty needs though.
>
> See Ya,
>
> Pat McCleave
> Wichita, KS
>
>
>
> >
> > From: Erica and or Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: 2005/03/21 Mon PM 01:18:53 EST
> > CC: "'RCSE'"
> > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Dremel tool
> >
> > On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > I am a full supporter of the Dremel people. Having owned up to 6 of these at
> one time, ahving sent them back to be repaired and / or relaced, their service
> is next to no one.
> > > I have 2 unit that were replace for 28 bucks with new ones...
> > > gotta love it.
> > > Yes, There are cheaper deals out there, MAYBE better rotary tools, but I
> doubt it, In the LONG run
> > > TFTBW
> >
> > Hey now,
> > Doubt it all you want, but those of us that use rotory tool to
> > make our living pretty much all use Foredom tools (unless we can afford
> > air drive systems, sigh.). I personaly can't stand the whine of that
> > little motor spinning up and I often want to turn a burr at 500 rpm and
> > bear down on it so I need torque that a Dremal could never give.
> > I have used Dremals in the past, but I murder them within three weeks and
> > Dremal has always returned them unrepaired claiming I abused their toy,
> > er, tool. Twenty years, four to six hours a day, four days a week, carving
> > fossilized ivory, extreme hardwoods, stone, and model stuff, and it's
> > still going strong. Dremal can't touch that, won't even come close.
> >
> > For those local to the S.F.bay area, Otto Frei has full Foredom starter
> > kits on sale at $199.95, now that's a deal.
> > RobII
> >
> > *'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Erica Frank & Rob Carter II
> > "The Major is a good man, means well and works hard.
> > Unfortunately, he would not be able to get a clue if he went out into a
> > field full of horny clues during mating season, smeared his naked body
> > with clue musk and danced the ritual clue mating dance."
> >
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